The Coen Brothers are back with another big hit, Burn After Reading. Again the Coens have chosen all of their friends to be in it, George Clooney, Fancis MacDormand, Tilda Swinton, and Jon Malkovich. Lots of the same people and the same result. A flat out original movie.
Brad Pitt even gets into the act in BAR, and he is a character you've never seen him play before. And isn't that the beauty of all the Coen movies. Time after time, they continue to introduce you to quirky characters and stories that you have never seen before. You would think that this formula would work once or twice, but with them it's ongoing.
Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Oh Brother, and No Country For Old Men, are just some examples of Coen stories that are original and off beat, and for some reason they really work. BAR, really does work as well.
It's a story of a bunch of bumbling idiots in every aspect of the movie. Attempted blackmail at the federal level, the CIA, The FBI, and all the morons that are working outside of the government as well. Like Fargo, everyone in BAR, is trying to do something "important" and they all are completely unqualified to try to pull off. That was the charm of Fargo, and that's the charm here.
BAR is funny, original and quirky. All of the performances are just as strange as you might expect. But to be fair, The Coens are an acquired taste. Some people will go to BAR, and "not get it," and I get that. Others will howl hysterically. Adult content for sure, with all the trimmings that go with a real adult comedy.
Burn After Reading. Funny again, from funny guys. Thank you Coen Brothers.
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